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Florida's three NFL teams are all showing a pulse. With the green flag dropping Tuesday on free agency, the Miami Dolphins are expected to sign Ndamukong Suh to a $114-million contract, enough to cover the fines he probably already incurred knocking down people on his way out of Detroit. The Jacksonville Jaguars are set to sign Julius Thomas to a deal that officially separates him from the hip of Peyton Manning -- Peyton's most painful surgery to date. And the Tampa Bay Bucs were relieved because Jameis Winston made it through the day without doing something stupid that would omit him from being their presumptive No. 1 draft pick.* (*This column went to press just before...

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Florida's three NFL teams are all showing a pulse.
With the green flag dropping Tuesday on free agency, the Miami Dolphins are expected to sign Ndamukong Suh to a $114-million contract, enough to cover the fines he probably already incurred knocking down...

INDIANAPOLIS — This is a new Jameis Winston.
Or so he says.
Shortly after being poked and prodded for an extended period of time by medical officials, the former FSU quarterback met with media members Friday afternoon as part of the NFL Scouting...

Jameis Winston’s message was clear and concise during his much-anticipated media session at the NFL Scouting Combine.
The FSU quarterback opened with a statement, acknowledging his mistakes and various troubles away from the football field.
“Right now...

Jameis Winston will throw in front of scouts, executives and coaches at the NFL Scouting Combine this afternoon.
Widely regarded as the most polished quarterback in 2015 NFL Draft class, Winston’s decision to partake in the passing drills...

Jameis Winston will be the No. 1 draft pick and a Tampa Bay Buc on Thursday, April 30.
It's the obvious call, and the right one, despite the controversial party favors that will welcome him into the elite core of professional football players.
You don't...

Have I got a proposition for you.More than one, in fact.Wait, put down your cell phone. There's no need to call 911 and turn me in for improper behavior. It's Super Bowl Sunday, so my behavior couldn't be more proper. Why? Because my propositions are more...

It is tradition in these Super Bowl prediction columns to make fun of my nonsensical nemesis — Sentinel colleague George Diaz, the man who annually concocts a bunch of absurd reasons and then unfailingly proceeds to pick the wrong team to win.
Like...

It's CCS: Conference Championship Sunday. Or another way of looking at it is that this is the penultimate chapter in the NFL's "Game of Thrones."
And each of these surviving four armies is led by its own Prince Charming, but which will be...

"Spoilers."
Hate them. As I've admitted before, one of the dumbest things I ever wrote (so much to choose from) appeared in this newspaper on the day in 1982 that "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" opened in local theaters. I started...

The NFL again proved its ratings superiority Saturday, and the beneficiaries were ESPN and NBC.
The Arizona-Carolina game, which was the first NFL Playoff game in ESPN's 35 years, averaged 21.7 million viewers.
That game posted a 12.5 household...

It's a weekend filled with new episodes, important NFL games and Golden Globes hoopla. Here are programs to keep in mind:
1. The Golden Globes at 8 p.m. Sunday on NBC. You may not want to watch the whole three-hour telecast. But the Amy Poehler-Tina...

A growing narrative leading up to the Rose Bowl will be Jameis Winston’s playing status, present and future.
FSU’s quarterback completed a two-day code of conduct hearing Dec. 3 regarding his role in an alleged sexual assault. The ruling from the hearing...

2014.
Heckuva year, but then, that's true of every year. In no particular order, here are some snapshots of what I noticed this year, in and out of sports, good and bad and occasionally hilarious. Perhaps you noticed some of the same things:
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LOS ANGELES — Derrick Mitchell recalls many nights leaving FSU's practice facility to go home while Jameis Winston was still upstairs watching game film. Mitchell would later go out for food, and while crossing the overpass on Stadium Drive, he would look...

Because this is being written on the day after Thanksgiving, I'm eating turkey sandwiches and leftover dressing on the side. By the time you read this, we will have moved on to turkey soup or the under-appreciated T.O.T. (turkey on toast). Also it's close...

Peyton Manning reconfirmed Thursday night that he is one of TV's biggest draws.
The quarterback led the Denver Broncos to a 35-21 victory over the San Diego Chargers and to 20.2 million viewers, the total audience for "Thursday Night...

JACKSONVILLE — The Jacksonville Jaguars' plan for rookie quarterback Blake Bortles changed from learn-by-watching to learn-by-doing early this season, and that strategy provided some more difficult lessons on Sunday.
Bortles, the former UCF star, had two...

Running off at the typewriter …
I have this sneaking suspicion that Will Muschamp might be coaching his final game today for the Gators if Florida loses as expected to the Georgia Bulldogs. In all actuality, his fate was all but sealed during...